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Having just had some time looking after my grandchildren I am again humbled by how pure and innocent they are and how much they teach me if I stop to listen.
I have three grandchildren under 5 and have just had them to look after for the week.
They remind me to be present, not just be present but delight in the present of every moment of every day.
They teach me joy as I look into their delighted faces, delighted over the seemingly small things which are so important if we stop to look.
Children see magic in everything because they look for it.
They teach me a passion for all things now and a hunger to learn and discover.
They also teach me to laugh at myself and not take things so seriously.
They teach me that life is a gift but also an adventure and urge me to explore.
They teach me that everything worth doing is worth doing badly at first as I learn; I don’t have to be perfect.
We took them to visit some people nearby, who are lonely and don’t have children in their life.
My 5 year old grandson asks me why we visit them. I explain to him “Because we love them”. He then asks me “Why do we love them Nanna?” and I answer “because we can” and he nods his head to me in understanding and says, “okay”.
There are no questions about what do they do to earn our love he just accepts that we love.
Unconditional Love from Children
When do we teach our children to judge and love conditionally?
They remind me again that that is not our normal state.
Now they have left and I see their handprints left behind on my glass doors and I am reminded again to see not the print but the hand behind the print and it makes me smile.
If you have children in your life, be with them, really be with them and if you don’t there will be children around you and if you watch the small young children not yet taught to fear and judge, they will teach you wonder.
May you truly enjoy the children in your life and learn from them as you teach them.
Love & laughter, Karen Ellyard
The soul is healed by being with children.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ask them to image people they love in a circle in front of them and ask them to send them waves of love.
Ask them to then imagine those people sending love back to them.
Tell them they are loved.
Spirit inspired messages by Karen Ellyard…Karen Ellyard is a psychic medium and spiritual healer. She is available for readings, healings and spirit/angel guide counseling.
For more information please click Karen Ellyard, or visit her personal Karen Ellyard Spiritual Healer website.
Dream Stream Singalong Meditation For Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCtEciw9R0c
Children have taught me to live in the moment, they never seem to hold grudges, one minute they are happy then the next they might be sad angry or even mad but it give it a little bit of time and they are back to being happy again.
I just got back from 4 days of camping with a 5 year old girl. It was such a delight to ‘experience’ nature through the eyes of a child. Sure, the look-out was ok… but getting to spit toothpaste on the ground! That’s Exciting! haha.